Weeder.



S. B. SVENDSEN.

WEEDER.

APPLICATION FILED ocns. ISIS- Patented Sept. 4, 1917.

alto: no 11 SEVERIN 1B. SVENDSEN, OF ESPANOIIA, FLORIDA.

WEBER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 4, 191 '7.

Application filed October 5, 1916. Serial No. 123,880,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Snvnnnv B. SVENDBEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Espanola, in the county of St. Johns and State of Florida,have invented certain usethe device is moved either in a forward or.

backward direction, thus permitt' a large quantity of work to beaccompli ed in a comparatively short time.

The nature and scope of the invention will be better understood when thefollowing description is taken in consideration with the accompanyingdrawing, the invention residing in the construction, combination andarrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawing forming part of this specification similar referencecharacters indicate similar parts in the several views and wliierein:1

igure is a perspective view.

Fig. 2 is a view of one of the blades.

The device formi the subject matter of my invention embodies anelongated frame A preferably constructed from an iron strap or othersuitable material into loop form to provide spaced parallel portions 10and 11 respectively. he frame is connected to a handle 12 preferablyconstructed from wood through the instrumentali of a metallic yoke 13,the terminals of e yoke being riveted or otherwisessecured to thearallel portion 10 of the frame, while the intermediate portion of theyoke is received within an openin in the adjacent end of the handle. Arein orcing band 14 surrounds the handle at its point of connection withthe yoke 13.

A plurality of cutting elements or blades 15 are secured to the underside of the parallel portion 11 of the frame, and while the blades ma beassociated with the frame in an suitab e manner, I preferably make use 0screws or other suitable fastemng elements to emit the blades to bereadily detached rom the frame when it is desired to shar en the same orfor any other purpose. e blades are preferably of diamond ormation andproject beyond the opposite longitudinal ed of the portion 11 of theframe, so that y swinging or movin the device forwardly or rearwardlythe b ades become effective for their purpose, or in other words out inboth directions. Manifestly with a device constructed in accordance withmy invention a maximum amount of work can be accomplished in a minimumof time, while the same can be conveniently handled and accomplish itspurpose without doing injury to roots or young crops.

What is claimed is A device of the class described embodying a loop-likeframe having parallel portions, a handle connected to one of saidportions and a pluralit of angular blades secure to the other 0 saidarallehportions, each blade having a portion pro ectm beyond the opositesides of the rame an having its; ges sharpened for the purpose setIn testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

SEV'ERIN B. SVENDSEN.

